Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170120901 - Employees suffer smoke inhalation in sodium nitrate fire

Accident Summary Nr: 170120901 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 04/02/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2985612	04/02/1992	3552	0	Paramount-Crawford Technologies, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18556191	04/08/1992	9224	0	City Of Kernersville Fire Department
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2985612	04/02/1992	3552	0	Paramount-Crawford Technologies, Inc.

Abstract: An employee who was using an air hose to cool off a heat-treated piece of metal generated a spark that ignited a cardboard drum containing sodium nitrate. Employees attempted to extinguish the fire but could not, as the chemical was generating its own oxygen. The employees kept extinguishers trained on the fire and kept it under control until the fire department arrived. Office workers evacuated the building and stood out front of the main entrance. When the fire fighters arrived and opened a bay door to the building, the office workers were then downwind of the smoke plume. Employees #1 through #15, the office workers and the employees who had controlled the fire, were treated for smoke inhalation.

Keywords: FIRE, SPARK, SMOKE INHALATION, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2985612	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
2	18556191			Occupation Not Listed
3	2985612	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
4	2985612	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
5	2985612	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
6	2985612	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
7	2985612	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
8	2985612	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
9	2985612	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
10	2985612	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
11	2985612	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
12	2985612	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
13	2985612	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
14	2985612	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
15	2985612	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
16	2985612	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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